Education

The  covid-19  and ongoing Anglophone conflict in Cameroon, has affected economic activities in the two English speaking regions, and has  caused  frequent lock downs, lay-offs by employers, increase in the prices of basic goods and services and as a result of this, there’s a high levels of unemployment, there’s no farming and there is a high rate of school dropouts by young girls in the rural areas. To mitigate the impact of covid-19 and conflicts the Duke’s foundation works in collaboration with schools to provide education grants and places special emphasis on girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). In commemoration of the international Education day on the 24th January 2021 under the theme “Recover and Revitalize Education for the covid-19 generation”, The Duke’s foundation organized a scholarship handing ceremony to the best performing science students in the ordinary levels in some rural schools in Buea.